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Sara Teasedale: Rivers to the Sea

Rivers to the SeaBut what of her whose heart is troubled by it, The mother who would soothe and set him free, Fearing the song's storm-shaken ecstasy— Oh, as the moon that has no power to…

Aesop's Fables: The Rivers and the Sea

by Aesop The Gardener and His DogThe Lion In LoveThe Rivers and the Sea Once upon a time all the Rivers combined to protest against the action of the Sea in making their waters salt. "When…

Aesop's Fables: The Foxes and the River

by Aesop The MiserThe Horse and the StagThe Foxes and the River A number of Foxes assembled on the bank of a river and wanted to drink; but the current was so strong and the water looked…

Tropical Diseases: River Blindness

River BlindnessTropical DiseasesIntroductionLeishmaniasis: The Sand Fly's BugGiardiasis: A One-Celled WonderSchistosomiasis: Snail FeverAfrican Sleeping SicknessRiver Blindness River blindness is…

Red River (North America)

Red River. 1 River, 1,222 mi (1,967 km) long, southernmost of the large tributaries of the Mississippi River. It rises in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flows SE between Texas and Oklahoma…

Grand Canyon River View

photos by Carol M. Highsmith Grand Canyon River View Previous Next >> Related Links How Old Is the Grand Canyon?Grand Canyon QuizGrand CanyonArizonaThe National Park…

Brewer's: Xanthos, the river of Troas.

Elian and Pliny say that Homer called the Scamander “Xanthos” or the “Gold-red river,” because it coloured with such a tinge the fleeces of sheep washed in its waters. Others maintain…

Brewer's: Mysteries of Woods and Rivers

The art of hunting and fishing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MysteryMyrtle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

The Seven Streams of the River Ota

Conceived by:Eric Bernier, Normand Bissonnette, Rebecca Blankenship, Marie Brassard, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Normand Daneau, Richard Frechette, Marie Gignac, Patrick Goyette, Ghislaine Vincent,…

Great Britain's Longest River

The Question: Could you please settle a disagreement. My friend says that the Tay river in Scotland is the longest river in Great Britain; I say it is the…